Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont due in court after Italy arrest
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Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was awaiting a court hearing in Italy Friday after being arrested four years after fleeing Spain in the aftermath of an independence referendum that Madrid ruled illegal. The European MEP -- who has been based in Belgium since the 2017 referendum -- was detained in the Sardinian town of Alghero on Thursday, his chief of staff Josep Lluis Alay said. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris tells us more.